The Peruvian embassy hosted the kick off reception of the COVID-19 Testing and Laboratory Capacity Building project at the Peruvian Ambassador’s residence in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on July 2. The project is linked to innovative and strategic approaches of the World Health Organization (WHO) to prepare and develop the capacity of low- and middle-income countries and increase technical knowledge for the production of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals to respond to COVID-19 effectively. The event was co-sponsored by Yonsei University, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Seoul Clinical Laboratories, the Embassy of Peru and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Korea, Chung Jin-seuk.